Constrain

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transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French constraindre, from Latin constringere to constrict, constrain, from com- + stringere to draw tight — more at strain
Date: 14th century
1.
- a. to force by imposed stricture, restriction, or limitation
- b. to restrict the motion of (a mechanical body) to a particular mode
2. compress; also to clasp tightly
3. to secure by or as if by bonds ; confine; broadly limit
4. to force or produce in an unnatural or strained manner constrained smile
5. to hold back by or as if by force <constraining my mind not to wander from the task — Charles Dickens
Synonyms: see force
? constrainedly adverb